Category: Science

This nighttime picture of Earth was taken on April 2, 2026, by an Artemis II crew member aiming a camera through a window of the

The race to mine critical minerals for AI and clean energy is creating ‘sacrifice zones’ that harm water and health of world’s poor.

The Stillaguamish Tribe in Washington state has been buying land in its traditional territory and removing levees. The goal is to turn farmland into wetlands

The Eta Aquariids will peak May 5-6, with debris from Halley’s Comet creating swift meteors, though bright moonlight will make them harder to see.

The 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera in Chile has captured an extended halo and a dust-filled disk around the hat-shaped Sombrero Galaxy.

The samurai are renowned as skilled warriors, but were any of them women?

NASA’s Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian

One has stripes, and one doesn’t. But do the differences between lions and tigers go deeper than that?

Timmy captured the hearts of whale lovers across the globe who rooted for a happy ending for the humpback. (Image credit: Sebastian Peters)

A new study has identified a potentially record-breaking haul of transiting exoplanets, thanks to a machine learning algorithm that analyzed the light curves of more

Yellowstone eruptions may be driven by shifts in Earth’s crust, rather than a deep well of magma, study finds.

May 2, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over

NPR’s Juana Summers talk with Mike Reid, the former chief science officer of PEPFAR, about why he resigned over concerns about America’s global health strategy.

Part of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is likely to crash into the moon this summer, a new report finds. It poses no danger, but